Clear Chicken & Vegetable Soup
I always love a familiar, wholesome comfort food like this lovely Clear Chicken & Vegetable Soup to quench my constant thirst & warm my tummy on days when everything doesn't seem to turn out as planned!
I always love a familiar, wholesome comfort food like this lovely Clear Chicken & Vegetable Soup to quench my constant thirst & warm my tummy on days when everything doesn't seem to turn out as planned! Simple but tasty, this soup is a cheap & nourishing rustic fare. My kids always enjoy dipping their bread in this soup or having it with white rice! The perfect complete meal in a bowl!!!
Ingredients
- vegetable oil2 tsp
- garlic, chopped3 cloves
- ginger, chopped1 slice
- chicken(with more bone than meat), cut into 33 pieces
- water5 cups
- sized potatoes, cut into 6 cubes2 medium
- stick of celery, sliced1
- carrot, skinned & sliced1
- oyster mushroom, sliced4 pieces
- tomatoes, cut into 4 wedges2
- salt1 tsp
- pepper1 tsp
Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in a pot. Sautee' the ginger & garlic briefly.
- 2.
Put in the chicken & brown it all over for about 8 minutes.
- 3.
Pour in the water & let it boil.
- 4.
Pot in the potatoes & carrot.
- 5.
As the potatoes & carrot os done, put in the celery, tomatoes & mushroom.
- 6.
Flavour with salt & pepper.
- 7.
Serve hot....sprinkle with chopped chinese celery, spring onions & fried crispy shallots.